DocumentCode
1851002
Title
Design of asynchronous circuits by synchronous CAD tools
Author
Kondratyev, Alex ; Lwin, Kelvin
Author_Institution
Cadence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
411
Lastpage
414
Abstract
The roadblock to wide acceptance of asynchronous methodology is poor CAD support. Current asynchronous design tools require a significant re-education of designers, and their features are far behind synchronous commercial tools. This paper considers a particular subclass of asynchronous circuits ( convention logic or NCL) and suggests a design flow that is based entirely on commercial CAD tools. This new design flow shows a significant area improvement over known flows based on NCL.
Keywords
VLSI; asynchronous circuits; circuit CAD; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; low-power electronics; NCL; area improvement; asynchronous circuits; convention logic; design flow; re-education; synchronous CAD tools; Asynchronous circuits; Circuit noise; Clocks; Delay; Design automation; Permission; Security; Smart cards; Timing; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Design Automation Conference, 2002. Proceedings. 39th
ISSN
0738-100X
Print_ISBN
1-58113-461-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DAC.2002.1012660
Filename
1012660
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